U.K. Law Change May Curb Live Music

(CelebrityAccess MediaWire) – A new ordinance that was originally supposed to encourage new performers in the United Kingdom’s live music scene, is now being scene as hugely damaging blow to the industry by pub and club owners.

Beginning November 24th, a live music permit will be required for musicians performing in a venue. Under the Licensing Act, the maximum penalty for anyone breaching the rules will be a £20,000 fine and six months in prison, according to the Times Online.

The law change aims to minimize noise nuisance and cut crime and disorder. The warning was sounded yesterday by musicians and owners of pubs and clubs.

Harnish Birchall, a drummer and former adviser to the Musicians’ Union, told the paper: “Existing pubs and bars will be allowed to keep their jukeboxes, sound systems and big screens. By contrast, even one unamplified singer could lead to heavy fines or a jail sentence for the landlord.”

Even performing in a field for a private event will require a license if it is raising money for charity or charging admission, or if it is a public event.

Brian Mayhew, landlord of the Beehive in Norwich, said his pub would stop staging live music.

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When Jay-Z and Beyoncé arrive in Columbia later this month to play a show at the 80,000-seat football stadium at University of South Carolina, some kids will get a break, with the school district dismissing six schools early because of traffic concerns ... Atlanta rapper Killer Mike has joined the board of the city's High Museum of Art, saying he plans to help grow and diversify its audience (Keinon Johnson of Interscope Records has also joined the 85-member panel)... Despite being barred from leaving Russia, Pussy Riot activist Maria Alyokhina has left anyway and is traveling to the U.K.'s Edinburgh Fringe festival to do a performance based on her book, according to a statement from the Pussy Riot punk collective ... Justin Timberlake has announced his book "Hindsight" that will have photos of his childhood and will be "spotlighting some of the important people and places that have informed my music" ...

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